Furniture.



EMMA THOMAS rmiivcrscd or CHICAGO, 'Im'.rirofrs.v

FURNITURE.

Specification of liettersltent. 'Iaf'qllfd Fell.. 25g- 12919.

Application led May 10, 19 18. Serial N o. 233,619.

To all whom t mag/concern:

.Be it known that I, EMMA T HoMAsFRAN- l Cisco, av citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Furniture, of which the 4following is a specification. l

My invention relates to improvements in furniture, and -lias special reference to improvements in seat'supports.

The object of my invention is toprovide a seat support which, whilebeing made of metal, as distinguished from woven straps or bands, shall be more or less yielding, which sha-ll be more permanent and more durable than those in common use and which shall be capable of being easily, cheaply and quickly secured in position.

A further object of my invention is to pro vide aseat support for furniture, particularly chairs and settees, which shall be so arranged that one size of support can be readily used for sea-t openings varying considerably in dimensions.

A further object of my invention is to provide a. seat support` for chairs'and settees which can be easily and readily secured in position in repairing such articles.

Further objects and features of my invention will appear hereinafter.

My invention consists in a seat support for furniture preferably made of Woven wire and having dimensions somewhat smaller than the seat opening to which it is to be applied, and adjustable metallic securing devices secured to the margin of Ithe support and adapted to have their free ends perinanently secured to the frame of the opening.

My invention also consists in the several features of construction and in the combinations. and arrangements of parts and devices by means of which I am enabled to attain the above mentioned and other objects and all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention will be' more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, and in Whichz-- Figure l is a bottom plan view of a chair seat provided with a seat support constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 ,is a vertical section of the sea-t on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional View similar to Fig. 2

illustrating the means of extending the connectors between the supportand the ,chair frame; andA Fig. 4 is a sectional v ieW sha ilar to l"ig.-2,

Aillustrating the manner ofgbiilding up an elongated support for'the seat 0f`a`couch or couch-back.

.As shown 1n the drawings, my;supp,ort

consists. primarily of .a Woven Wire/support member. l, provided. `ivitli'a rim, .frame oredge 2 of relatively heavy-Wire and thecioss Wires 3 which extend from sidetofside and are secured at their ends to -tlieframe 2 of the support. The supportl `'is smaller in area. ,thanK the opening LLof the chairseat 5, and I preferably secure :the support l` toi the chair seat in such a Vmanner that it-is notl ex- -actly rigid" therewith-but .can 'yieldso'mcwhat to pressure.

In `the form shown in the drawings, I secuie the frame to the chair seat by means of hooked connecting members 6, each of-which' is provided with a. hook 7 for engagement With one'of the'side bars 2 and in its opposite end with a perforation for receiving a screw or nail 8 for fastening the connector to the chair seat. I

I preferably arrange severa-l of these connectors on each side of the support and l preferably arrange them close to `or in line with the cross Wires, so that the strain incident to the use of the seat Will not tend todistort they frame Wires 2.

In the form of seat shown in the drawings I have illustrated an ordinary cushion seat having coil supporting springs 9 between theA support 1 and the cushion 10.

The supports l serve as an excellent feundation upon which to rest the springs 9 and to which the lowerends of the spring 9 can readily be secured.

Aparticular object of my invention is tol provide a support of the character described which can be used in the repair of furniture,

particularly chair seats, and as it is necesto manufacture the supports in large 'quantities, it -i's'zdesirable that the necessary' number-of sizes ofA supports be reduced to a minimum, and the hook connectors (l are particularly useful in accomplishing this purpose. ,As shown in Fig. 3, where the" opening in the chair seat is so large that the connectors 6 could not'Joe properly secured to the chair frame, I connect on additional connectors 6 until the connectors extend far enough to be secured \to the chair frame by the screws 8( When applying my improved supportto the seat-of a settee 11, Fig. 4, I preferably make the support in sections, by Joining togethcr a number ofthe supports 1. For this purpose I Aconnect the adjacent edges of the support 1 by wire loops 12, as shown in Fig. 4.

It will now be clear. that by means of my I invention, I provide a seat support, which,

^ As many modifica-tions of my inventionwill readily suggest themselveslto one skilled woven straps which are now the common means fsupporting the springs 9.

in the art., I do not limit or confine. my invent-ion to the specific structures f herein shown and described.A V

4I claim:

1. A furniture seat repair device of the kind described, adapted to be applied to a furniture cushion seat frame c-ontalning supporting springs, comprising a fiat, rectangular woven Wire seat support member having a cross wires, substantially parallel to the at the points where the cross Wires are secured, for attaching said device to the under side of the 'furniture seat frame without removal of the overlying springs o'r cushion. 2. A furniture repair device of the characterdescribed, adapted to be applied to a furniture cushion frame containing supporting springs, comprising a reticulated Woven wire member, the several parts thereof each having 'a margin of heavier Wire than the body thereof, the body formed otcross wires attached at their ends to the marginal wire, said member being smaller in dimensions than the opening in the furniture frame to which it is to be applied, and links attached to the outer-'marginal Wire of the member y at intervals in alinement with cross wires thereof for attaching the same to'` a furniture frame, without removal of the associated springs or cushion.

In witness whereof, I4 hereunto subscribe -my name this 25th day of April, A. D. 1918. relatively v,heavy marginal lwire and 'lighter l vEMMA THOMAS FRANCISCO. 

